Saturday, June 10, 2006

Brooklyn-born actors Rosie Perez and Jimmy
Smits say they wanted to make the new documentary, "Yo Soy
Boricua, Pa’que Tu Lo Sepas" ("I’m Boricua, Just So
You Know"), to celebrate their heritage and educate people
about Puerto Rico’s fascinating history, a topic seldom discussed
in the United States, much less taught in American schools. Comment.

Twenty-five borough
restaurants - including Blue Ribbon Sushi in Park Slope, Henry’s
End in Brooklyn Heights and Veliis in Fort Greene - will be serving
tastes of their specialties at Share Our Strength’s "Taste
of the Nation" on June 13. Comment.

Garrison Keillor, a man who talks for a
living, never dreamed of making a movie based on his beloved
radio show, "A Prairie Home Companion." But when veteran,
award-winning filmmaker Robert Altman offered to do just that,
Keillor was willing to listen. Comment.

The Narrows Botanical Garden in Bay Ridge
is two, two, two treats in one. Not only is it a lush, 4.5-acre
landscape with butterfly gardens, a turtle sanctuary, shady tree
groves and a Zen garden, but each summer, it hosts a series of
free outdoor films. Comment.

Heads up, Brooklynites: you can still join
a Brooklyn Community Supported Agriculture group. You’ll be supporting
family farms, while saving money on your grocery bill - but time
is running out for the 2006 season. Comment.

Smartmom: Smartmom bought her first pair of Jimmy Choo’s on Saturday afternoon in Baltimore. She doesn’t know what got into her. She doesn’t even remember exactly how it happened. It’s all sort of a blur. Comment.

Development: The mud-slinging that surrounds the Atlantic Yards project returned to a classic wedge issue — race — this week, when the project’s loudest opponent made what some on both sides of the development divide interpreted as a racially insensitive remark. Comment.

Sponsored Content: I’m often asked “What makes a wine good?” It’s an excellent question, so let’s address it. What does make a wine “good”? When I taste wines the first thing I look for is balance, so let’s discuss what exactly it is that should be in balance. Comment.

Red Hook: Rocker Dan Zanes — the Bob Dylan of the under-10 set — packed an anti-Atlantic Yards benefit concert Saturday at Hanson Place United Methodist Church in Fort Greene. The former Del Fuegos frontman, a member of the celeb-packed Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn advisory board, performed his folk-tinged anthems after being introduced by fellow board member Steve Buscemi. Comment.